Scientology LRH L Ron Hubbard

“I heard about something the other day that made me feel rather bad. I dropped the I-76 or the Imperial Japanese Navy Trans-Pacific Submarine down into the mouth of the Columbia River, dead duck. And it went down with a resounding furor. And that was that. I never thought about it again particularly except to get mad at all the admirals I had to make reports to because of this thing, see? This was one out of 79 separate actions that I had to do with….My dad suddenly sprung on me the fact that my submarine had been causing a tremendous amount of difficulty in the mouth of the Columbia River….It’s got jagged steel sticking out at all ends and angles, and it’s a big submarine! …And the fishermen coming in there and fishing are dragging their nets around in that area, and it’s just tearing their nets to ribbons — they’ve even hired a civilian contractor to try to blow the thing up and get it the devil out of there — and has evidently been raising bob with postwar fishing here for more years than I’d care to count….I was asking my father for the address of the fishermen’s association up there to write them a letter of apology.” — L. Ron Hubbard, October 23, 1956

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“RIGGS ECKELBERRY is assigned as Intell Officer I/T, FSO. He is replaced as Expeditor in Dissem Div by Gary Reisdorf, DFP. Riggs is to groove Gary in on all his current cycles before moving on to his new post. Riggs is to be programmed in Dept 13 for the study required to meet all requirements he has not completed. He is also to be programmed for all requirements needed for this new post. He will then report to the Dean of the Hatting College for enrollment and part time study after post hours.” — The Commodore, October 23, 1971

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“Trump is fighting against the 12 guys that Ron decribed in Ron’s Journal 67. Ron had well spotted these SPs, and as you can see on the planet in the present they are still at work to crash everybody with the Covid, and establishing a worldwide government!”

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1999: Bob Minton reported that the newly formed Lisa McPherson foundation is being blocked from renting office space in Clearwater, Florida. “We were informed this morning that MKV Realty, which owns the Sun Trust Building at 601 Cleveland Street, has refused to rent the space we intended to occupy to either the Lisa Foundation or me. The buck has been passed up to a gentleman named ‘Rusty’ who has yet to return my call. Ken Dandar will also speak to Rusty when Rusty is available.”

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“When they landed on the Moon, the adults in my neighborhood were crying. I couldn’t understand it at the time.”

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Full Court Press: What we’re watching at the Underground Bunker

Criminal prosecutions:
— Danny Masterson charged for raping three women: Sentenced to 30 years to life on Sep 7, 2023. Appeal heard and submitted, waiting for ruling. Masterson has also submitted a habeas corpus petition.
— ‘Lafayette Ronald Hubbard’ (a/k/a Justin Craig), aggravated assault, plus drug charges: Grand jury indictments include charges from an assault while in custody. Pleaded guilty on Nov 10 to a 17-year prison sentence. Now serving time in state prison.
— Aaron Matthes charged for SA of child under 12 years old: OT Scientologist facing multiple mandatory life sentences. Next pretrial court hearing set for June 19.

Civil litigation:
— Leah Remini v. Scientology, alleging ‘Fair Game’ harassment and defamation: Some defamation claims were removed by Judge Hammock. Scientology’s attempt to gut the case failed, and appeals court upheld. Back to trial court in December.
— Baxter, Baxter, and Paris v. Scientology, alleging labor trafficking: Forced to ‘religious arbitration.’
— Valerie Haney v. Scientology: Forced to ‘religious arbitration.’ 17 days of arbitration completed, Val waiting for further word from the IJC.
— Chrissie Bixler et al. v. Scientology and Danny Masterson. Judge Upindra Kalra’s ruling denying Scientology’s motion to strike upheld on appeal. Case returning to Kalra’s court.
— Jane Doe 1 v. Scientology, David Miscavige, and Gavin Potter: Case unsealed and second amended complaint filed. Scientology moves for religious arbitration. Trial has been set for January 10, 2028. Hearing on arbitration motion set for March, 2027.

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Other links: The prosecution of Danny Masterson. Leah Remini’s Fair Game Podcast. Leah Remini’s A&E Series. Scientology’s Celebrities, from A to Z. Bryan Seymour’s suppressed series, Scientology Black Ops: Tom Cruise and dirty tricks. Scientology’s Ideal Orgs, from one end of the planet to the other. Scientology’s sneaky front groups, spreading the good news about L. Ron Hubbard while pretending to benefit society. Scientology Lit: Books reviewed or excerpted in a weekly series. How many have you read?

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THE WHOLE TRACK

[ONE year ago] More Scientology hype videos for the event Tom Cruise usually crashes
[TWO years ago] Scientology in full panic now after waiting to reveal date of its big IAS party
[THREE years ago] Brit paper in ’66 outed Scientology spy ops that spookily anticipate Leah Remini’s case
[FOUR years ago] Jim Meskimen confirms it: The new Scientology ads are about the L.A. mayoral campaign
[FIVE years ago] Jon Atack: Is Scientology really a ‘church’?
[SIX years ago] VALERIE HANEY PETITION DENIED: She’ll have to go through Scientology ‘arbitration’ to appeal
[SEVEN years ago] Scientologist defendants plead not guilty as Medi-Cal fraud trial scheduled for Nov 21
[EIGHT years ago] In 1949, psychiatrists wouldn’t touch Dianetics — so L. Ron Hubbard invented one who would
[NINE years ago] Despite Scientology’s best efforts, a Bunker reader attended Saturday’s grand opening
[TEN years ago] Vote for Xenu! Scientologists are looking to L. Ron Hubbard for advice on the coming election
[ELEVEN years ago] The technology of ‘ruining’ people: Jefferson Hawkins on Scientology’s opening pitch
[TWELVE years ago] L. Ron Hubbard explains to a friend the real reason he wrote ‘Dianetics’
[THIRTEEN years ago] LIVE FROM LOS ANGELES: Summary Judgment Hearing in DeCrescenzo Forced-Abortion Lawsuit

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Scientology disconnection, a reminder

Bernie Headley (1952-2019) did not see his daughter Stephanie in his final 5,667 days.
Joe Reaiche (1958-2024) did not see his daughter Alanna Masterson in his final 6,999 days.
Mike Rinder (1955-2025) did not see his son Benjamin and daughter Taryn in his final 7,589 days.
Tammy Synovec has not seen her daughter Julia in 3,790 days.
Valerie Haney has not seen her mother Lynne in 4,294 days.
Katrina Reyes has not seen her mother Yelena in 4,800 days
Sylvia Wagner DeWall has not seen her brother Randy in 4,350 days.
Klaus Büchele has not seen his daughter Jasmin in 5,726 days.
Geoff Levin has not seen his son Collin and daughter Savannah in 3,221 days.
Christie Collbran has not seen her mother Liz King in 6,527 days.
Marc Headley has not seen his mother Trudy in 5,176 days.
Clarissa Adams has not seen her parents Walter and Irmin Huber in 4,394 days.
Jamie Sorrentini Lugli has not seen her father Irving in 5,948 days.
Quailynn McDaniel has not seen her brother Sean in 5,289 days.
Dylan Gill has not seen his father Russell in 13,859 days.
Melissa Paris has not seen her father Jean-Francois in 9,776 days.
Valeska Paris has not seen her brother Raphael in 5,943 days.
Mirriam Francis has not seen her brother Ben in 5,529 days.
Claudio and Renata Lugli have not seen their son Flavio in 5,788 days.
Lori Hodgson has not seen her son Jeremy and daughter Jessica in 4,536 days.
Marie Poulin has not seen her mother June in 4,105 days.
Julian Wain has not seen his brother Joseph or mother Susan in 2,416 days.
Charley Updegrove has not seen his son Toby in 3,591 days.
Derek Bloch has not seen his father Darren in 5,273 days.
Cindy Plahuta has not seen her daughter Kara in 5,610 days.
Roger Weller has not seen his daughter Alyssa in 10,463 days.
Claire Headley has not seen her mother Gen in 5,579 days.
Ramana Dienes-Browning has not seen her mother Jancis in 3,941 days.
Skip Young has not seen his daughters Megan and Alexis in 4,740 days.
Mary Kahn has not seen her son Sammy in 4,584 days.
Lois Reisdorf has not seen her son Craig in 4,199 days.
Phil and Willie Jones have not seen their son Mike and daughter Emily in 4,700 days.
Mary Jane Barry has not seen her daughter Samantha in 4,960 days.
Kate Bornstein has not seen her daughter Jessica in 16,064 days.

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Posted by Tony Ortega on October 23, 2026 at 07:00

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Did they tell Trump he snagged Greenland so he’d stop trying to invade it?

Tony Ortega — Thu, 22 Oct 2026 19:46:21 +0000

Some links to Q-related items today

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Vivek Ramaswamy says the founding fathers will hold Americans accountable in the afterlife:
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MAGA pastors praying over corrupt Ken Paxton who was recently caught on video partying with his mistress in Dubai. https://t.co/ZOMJ9s8zkC
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Grandpa is so lost he’s forgotten his cutesy nickname for his dementia (the weave) i fully expect Natalie to remind him of it and we’re gonna get a lot of weave talk in the final weeks of the midterm campaign.
— Poker and Politics (@PokerPolitics) October 22, 2026

Looking for some background on the QAnon movement? We recommend Travis View’s excellent article at New York magazine as a place to start.

Posted by Tony Ortega on October 22, 2026 at 08:00

Scientology official spells out the church’s expectations that Save the Garden will fail

Tony Ortega — Thu, 22 Oct 2026 18:45:02 +0000

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: While Clearwater’s council faces a voter revolt against its gift of a street to Scientology, a familiar face has made the church’s position clear. We have Mark Bunker’s reaction. ALSO: Another whale is harpooned for a new mission, and Charlie Wakley is back! [What is this Substack thing, anyway?]

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Technology Cocktail

“A chain of locks can be thought of as a single engram. When thought of in this fashion it becomes apparent that the signs of reduction of an engram would also be the signs for the reduction of a chain of locks. The main thing to note is the reduction of tension within the preclear as he goes through this material. Quite often lock scanning will produce a reduction in the familiar terms of yawns, tears, lessening of somatics, etc. In addition to the signs of reduction, it is also possible to measure the reduction of a chain by the length of time in which it takes to scan. This, of course, should not be considered completely unassailable proof that the chain has been reduced, since the preclear may be simply lightening the contact which he has with the chain on each successive trip through; but, coupled with other signs of deintensification, the lessening of running time is a clue that the chain has been reduced. As in many engrams, the second, third or fourth runs through a chain of locks will reveal additional material, sometimes additional locks. Indeed, at the end of running through a particularly aberrative chain, a preclear may have made available for his analytical thinking five or ten times the number of incidents of this type that were accessible before the run. One of the most important by-products of lock scanning is that it is tremendously effective in recovering a vast amount of usable experience for the analytical mind.” — L. Ron Hubbard, 1951

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“You want to know what is wrong with the fellow? Let’s say that when he is very young somebody decides to take his tonsils out….Later on he meets some doctor who says, ‘Well, the reason you have ulcers is because … ?’ Actually, it was because one of the doctors during the tonsillectomy — this fellow’s earlier colleague — had an elbow in the patient’s stomach. I think doctors knew this all the time, by the way. I am sure they had this all worked out. The doctor leans his elbow on this young would-be writer’s stomach, and he grinds this elbow down while he is holding the patient. Later on the fellow has to be operated on for ulcers. You can make more money this way and send your children to better colleges.” — L. Ron Hubbard, October 22, 1951

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“Sea Org members are highly acceptable to one another. Where evidence seems to be to the contrary it is an urgency to uphold the standards of the group which after all has a very arduous and important job to do.” — The Commodore, October 22, 1970

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“There are many blogs that publish a lot bad news about ‘Scientology’ when they are not really talking about Scientology at all, but rather about the CHURCH of Scientology and its suppressive ‘leaders.’ After reading some of those, it is such a pleasure to read about the great personal wins that people are having applying actual Scientology rather than the pretend stuff, e.g., GAT. Exposing the crimes of the Church of Scientology is a very important thing to do, but the wins that people are giving and receiving using the TECH will always be the more important story in the long run. The church will die thanks to those who bring the light of truth to expose its contra-survival acts. But people helping themselves and other people with the TECH and enhancing life all over the world are also important positive forces creating a better future.”

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1998: Former Scientologist Charlotte Kates posted an affidavit she submitted in Keith Henson’s case, in which she described her experiences with the medical practices of Scientology. “I was personally ordered by Tiffany Woods, the Senior HAS (Hubbard Communications Office Area Secretary) EUS (Eastern United States) and Jenny Porta, the LRH Communicator EUS, to stop taking medication that had been prescribed for me by a doctor to alleviate my thyroid condition–Grave’s disease–upon my signing of a Sea Organization contract. Ms. Woods and Ms. Porta told me that I would otherwise be ineligible for Scientology services, and told me that my medical condition could be cured with PTS (Potential Trouble Source) handlings and Scientology auditing. I was informed that the cause of all illness is ‘PTSness’, and showed a reference from L. Ron Hubbard indicating that the root of all illness and/or injury is a PTS condition. Scientology believes it can handle and cure any and all such ‘PTS conditions’. I was told therefore, I did not need the medicines prescribed to me by my physician, and that Scientology auditing would cure my illness. Scientology procedures were specifically not designed to complement traditional medicine; in fact, I was told that if I continued to take my prescribed medical drugs, I would be ineligible for this Scientology cure. I was not told to visit or ask a doctor’s advice. I was ordered to cease medication on the advice of two medically untrained Scientology staff members. I witnessed several other cases of Scientology being promoted as a medical cure, including the case of one public Scientologist active at the Philadelphia Organization. She became involved with Scientology in mid-1997. Years before, she had suffered from Lyme disease, which had been treated by a medical doctor. Not long after her initial involvement with Scientology, she suffered a recurrence of the illness, which became apparent to her as she began to suffer from memory loss, periods of blacking out, severe headaches and similar effects. A medical doctor did confirm her symptoms as being a recurrence of Lyme disease; however, before beginning medical treatment, she sought the advice of Scientologist chiropractors, nutritionists and other alternative medical practitioners. It was recommended to her that she cease medical treatment for Lyme disease; she was informed that the cause of all illness was ‘PTSness.’ She received many PTS handlings, at the cost of thousands of dollars in auditing fees. However, as she was still ill, she was now sold NED (New Era Dianetics) Assists (Scientology processes used to ‘handle’ illness or injury) as a cure for illness. NED Assists are commonly sold to ill Scientologists as cures for illness, and as replacements for medical care. She was sold several intensives (12 1/2 hour blocks of time) of Scientology auditing at the Flag Land Base on the premise that there, at ‘the mecca of technical perfection,’ her Lyme disease would be finally ‘handled,’ and that, therefore, the auditing was worth the exorbitant prices. She took out a second mortgage loan on her house to pay for these intensives of auditing. When these did not ‘handle’ her Lyme disease, she was told she had not purchased enough auditing. In a very intense registration session, she nearly maxed out her credit cards to purchase further intensives of Flag auditing, and was further promised a cure for her Lyme disease. Once again, she was not recommended to see a doctor, and was, in fact, discouraged from doing so. She was told that she would need $8000 worth of additional auditing. She was given a list of the names and telephone numbers of wealthy Clearwater Scientologists, and told to call them until one of them agreed to let her put her intensive on his credit card. She resisted the idea, and once again, felt forced to back down. Calling down the list, asking people she did not know for a credit card number for an $8000 intensive, she hated the idea but her resistance had been broken down. Eventually, one agreed.”

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“So when your certificates get canceled, whose job is it to track down all those engrams and body thetans and tell them they need to re-implant and re-attach themselves?”

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Full Court Press: What we’re watching at the Underground Bunker

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THE WHOLE TRACK

[ONE year ago] The Church of Letting Go: How Scientology sells the silence of self-erasure
[TWO years ago] Danny Masterson attorney Cliff Gardner gets a month extension for appeal brief
[THREE years ago] Bruce Hines: Scientology made David Mayo out to be a villain, but I knew the real man
[FOUR years ago] PODCAST: Looking back at the first week of testimony in the Danny Masterson trial
[FIVE years ago] Could a Scientologist be the next governor of Nevada?
[SIX years ago] Could Marsy’s Law foil Scientology’s attempt to force rape victims into ‘arbitration’?
[SEVEN years ago] DAVID MISCAVIGE, YOU HAVE BEEN SERVED
[EIGHT years ago] A call to arms for Scientology voters: ‘Religious freedom’ vs. the evil psychs!
[NINE years ago] Wally Hanks, Scientology ranch terror recently portrayed on ‘Leah Remini,’ dies at 70
[TEN years ago] Who was responsible when Scientology finally paid Lawrence Wollersheim a lot of thin dimes?
[ELEVEN years ago] A Scientology childhood: What it’s like to grow up under the Hubbard spell
[TWELVE years ago] Tom Cruise and his Freedom Medal of Valor: Where’s the tabloid press?
[THIRTEEN years ago] Scientology Has No City Permit for IAS Gala or Other Events: Is It Keeping The Party Private?

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Scientology disconnection, a reminder

Bernie Headley (1952-2019) did not see his daughter Stephanie in his final 5,667 days.
Joe Reaiche (1958-2024) did not see his daughter Alanna Masterson in his final 6,999 days.
Mike Rinder (1955-2025) did not see his son Benjamin and daughter Taryn in his final 7,589 days.
Tammy Synovec has not seen her daughter Julia in 3,789 days.
Valerie Haney has not seen her mother Lynne in 4,293 days.
Katrina Reyes has not seen her mother Yelena in 4,799 days
Sylvia Wagner DeWall has not seen her brother Randy in 4,349 days.
Klaus Büchele has not seen his daughter Jasmin in 5,725 days.
Geoff Levin has not seen his son Collin and daughter Savannah in 3,220 days.
Christie Collbran has not seen her mother Liz King in 6,526 days.
Marc Headley has not seen his mother Trudy in 5,175 days.
Clarissa Adams has not seen her parents Walter and Irmin Huber in 4,393 days.
Jamie Sorrentini Lugli has not seen her father Irving in 5,947 days.
Quailynn McDaniel has not seen her brother Sean in 5,288 days.
Dylan Gill has not seen his father Russell in 13,858 days.
Melissa Paris has not seen her father Jean-Francois in 9,775 days.
Valeska Paris has not seen her brother Raphael in 5,942 days.
Mirriam Francis has not seen her brother Ben in 5,528 days.
Claudio and Renata Lugli have not seen their son Flavio in 5,787 days.
Lori Hodgson has not seen her son Jeremy and daughter Jessica in 4,535 days.
Marie Poulin has not seen her mother June in 4,104 days.
Julian Wain has not seen his brother Joseph or mother Susan in 2,415 days.
Charley Updegrove has not seen his son Toby in 3,590 days.
Derek Bloch has not seen his father Darren in 5,272 days.
Cindy Plahuta has not seen her daughter Kara in 5,609 days.
Roger Weller has not seen his daughter Alyssa in 10,462 days.
Claire Headley has not seen her mother Gen in 5,578 days.
Ramana Dienes-Browning has not seen her mother Jancis in 3,940 days.
Skip Young has not seen his daughters Megan and Alexis in 4,739 days.
Mary Kahn has not seen her son Sammy in 4,583 days.
Lois Reisdorf has not seen her son Craig in 4,198 days.
Phil and Willie Jones have not seen their son Mike and daughter Emily in 4,699 days.
Mary Jane Barry has not seen her daughter Samantha in 4,959 days.
Kate Bornstein has not seen her daughter Jessica in 16,063 days.

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Posted by Tony Ortega on October 22, 2026 at 07:00

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As ever, the mantra for Q patriots in troubled times is, ‘Trust the Plan’

Tony Ortega — Wed, 21 Oct 2026 19:40:02 +0000

Some links to Q-related items today

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According to this format, new businesses have a 1 in 5 chance of being successful in Trump’s economy https://t.co/k3WbNqtDcf
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Update: MAGA influencer who was kicked out of the Ken Paxton rally by his campaign manager says she was told “she was mistaken for a paid Talarico agitator,” but is unsure if that is true or not, noting she was the “only Black woman in the building.”
She says she will be talking to Paxton one on one and deserves a public apology.
— PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 (@patriottakes) October 20, 2026

Texas GOP Candidate: “I Don’t Want to Improve the Public School System”
Brandon Herrera called his position “radical” and implied public school teachers teach kids to be gay.
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— PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 (@patriottakes) October 20, 2026

I got a feeling that the midterms are not going to be an HONEST ELECTION but we need to just keep Trusting The Plan and 2028 will be totally secure for Don Jr. to take over the Presidency for pop pop. https://t.co/xHPU2ZlRQ6
— Poker and Politics (@PokerPolitics) October 21, 2026

QAnon promoters spend their days reassuring their audience that while things suck now, one day in the near future all their enemies will be executed for treason. Their idea of joy is to see the mass death of their fellow Americans. https://t.co/8gOod5s0Cu
— Poker and Politics (@PokerPolitics) October 20, 2026

Looking for some background on the QAnon movement? We recommend Travis View’s excellent article at New York magazine as a place to start.

Posted by Tony Ortega on October 21, 2026 at 08:00

Jim Carrey and Scientology: The tragic story the media seems to have forgotten

Tony Ortega — Wed, 21 Oct 2026 18:45:08 +0000

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: You may have seen some stories recently about Jim Carrey and Scientology. It was actually a bit of a feeding frenzy, so we thought we’d wait for the dust to settle and then point out a couple of things that the media seems to have forgotten. [What is this Substack thing, anyway?]

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Technology Cocktail

“Since the publication of the Handbook, several people have come across the phenomenon of scanning and have experimented with this technique with approximately the same results which were achieved back in 1948. Scanning through basic area engrams and the locks which lie on top of these engrams is one of the fastest ways yet devised of destimulating a case. Unfortunately, scanning in the prenatal area does not produce a clean erasure. It leaves bits of engrams lying around, and because it does not erase cleanly the engrams scanned from a case may be restimulated. The scanning of basic area engrams can be very dangerous, and should be avoided at all costs.” — L. Ron Hubbard, 1951

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“Before we developed a good port PRO [Public Relations Officer] actions and good local area PRO actions, were very often in trouble. We were in trouble in the most remarkable ways. But it wasn’t really Scientologists that got us into trouble. The biggest amount of trouble that happened in Spain was a commercial licensed engineer who turned homo and was that way with hired Spanish hands who then went to the police and complained about this English engineer. And he was dismissed and the whole thing was handled. But it still sits in the office of information in Spain. See? Not as a handled situation but that there’s something, you know? And they’re having a lot of trouble lately with hippies. They aren’t counting the communists that they’ve got in their midst — Minister of Defense, Minister of Shipping, Franco’s first adjutant, second aide, Chamberlain — they aren’t counting these guys, they’ve gotta get these hippies. You see it has no political sense at all. If you knocked off every hippie in Spain you would not have strengthened its political position a minute.” — L. Ron Hubbard, October 21, 1969

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“GEOFF BARNES is to assign himself a suitable condition for negligence while QM resulting in the injury of VIXIE. The gangway was off its slide board showing negligence as QM, the spring lines of the vessel slack and untended showing neglect of duty and the accident was not logged by him. The surges of the ship unrestrained by lines caused the gangway which had no board under it to trip on the railroad track on upend while Vixie was coming aboard, throwing her to the deck, seriously spraining her leg. Geoff Barnes beginning at midnight is to stand the next 24 hours of gangway duty without relief and starrate the QM pack within 10 days. He is transferred to the deck force where, he can become more experienced.” — The Commodore, October 21, 1969

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“LRH said that ‘democracy’ in this prison planet is bullshit! Democrats are ‘Demonocrats’ = Tyranny by granting democracy to entities! Lets as-is that. Hopefully some Democrats vanish to source.”

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1997: Gerry Armstrong reported that Scientology is threatening the producers of a UK TV documentary on L. Ron Hubbard. “As is probably well known 3BM Television has produced for Channel 4 a documentary biography of Hubbard. Scientology representatives have been threatening Channel 4 to prevent the airing of the program. The threat is of obtaining an injunction based on the charge that 3BM induced me to breach the 1986 settlement ‘agreement’ and the Marin County California judgment which prohibit me from speaking about Scientology, Hubbard and so forth. 3BM did not induce me to breach any agreement or judgment. The fact is I am willing to communicate to anyone about Scientology or Hubbard and my experiences therewith at any time and require no inducement. But even if I had been induced, the ‘agreement’ was obtained illegally; and even if it had not been obtained illegally it is illegal on its face.”

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“Do you really think a guy who texts ‘YSCOHB’ to people has the self awareness to realize that Kirstie is making his business look bad?”

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Full Court Press: What we’re watching at the Underground Bunker

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THE WHOLE TRACK

[ONE year ago] Another ‘Ideal Mission’ in California: Is Scientology on a roll?
[TWO years ago] A drone’s-eye view of Scientology’s UK headquarters before this week’s gala!
[THREE years ago] Scientology reveals its long-range strategy against the Jane Doe 1 forced marriage lawsuit
[FOUR years ago] Danny Masterson attorney crosses Jane Doe 1 while avoiding the ‘Scientology elephant’
[FIVE years ago] How Scientology broke my spirit with its insidious methods of thought reform
[SIX years ago] SCIENTOLOGY BLACK OPS: Aussies bow to Tommy Davis, but he can’t kill ‘dirt file’ story
[SEVEN years ago] David Miscavige at Scientology’s IAS event: What he claims, and what’s really going on
[EIGHT years ago] Scientology and hurricanes: Providing storms of comic relief in one disaster after another
[NINE years ago] KID CORPS: Scientology’s internal documents lay out its disturbing ideas about children
[TEN years ago] TOM CRUISE PENTHOUSE IN SCIENTOLOGY’S SPIRITUAL MECCA? WE HAVE THE PLANS
[ELEVEN years ago] Laura DeCrescenzo answers Scientology ‘religion’ gambit on eve of key hearing
[TWELVE years ago] Vance Woodward files motion to reconsider his dismissed lawsuit against Scientology
[THIRTEEN years ago] The Flaw In Scientology’s Religious Outrage Theory: A Man Named Steven Gregory Sloat

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Scientology disconnection, a reminder

Bernie Headley (1952-2019) did not see his daughter Stephanie in his final 5,667 days.
Joe Reaiche (1958-2024) did not see his daughter Alanna Masterson in his final 6,999 days.
Mike Rinder (1955-2025) did not see his son Benjamin and daughter Taryn in his final 7,589 days.
Tammy Synovec has not seen her daughter Julia in 3,788 days.
Valerie Haney has not seen her mother Lynne in 4,292 days.
Katrina Reyes has not seen her mother Yelena in 4,798 days
Sylvia Wagner DeWall has not seen her brother Randy in 4,348 days.
Klaus Büchele has not seen his daughter Jasmin in 5,724 days.
Geoff Levin has not seen his son Collin and daughter Savannah in 3,219 days.
Christie Collbran has not seen her mother Liz King in 6,525 days.
Marc Headley has not seen his mother Trudy in 5,174 days.
Clarissa Adams has not seen her parents Walter and Irmin Huber in 4,392 days.
Jamie Sorrentini Lugli has not seen her father Irving in 5,946 days.
Quailynn McDaniel has not seen her brother Sean in 5,287 days.
Dylan Gill has not seen his father Russell in 13,857 days.
Melissa Paris has not seen her father Jean-Francois in 9,774 days.
Valeska Paris has not seen her brother Raphael in 5,941 days.
Mirriam Francis has not seen her brother Ben in 5,527 days.
Claudio and Renata Lugli have not seen their son Flavio in 5,786 days.
Lori Hodgson has not seen her son Jeremy and daughter Jessica in 4,534 days.
Marie Poulin has not seen her mother June in 4,103 days.
Julian Wain has not seen his brother Joseph or mother Susan in 2,414 days.
Charley Updegrove has not seen his son Toby in 3,589 days.
Derek Bloch has not seen his father Darren in 5,271 days.
Cindy Plahuta has not seen her daughter Kara in 5,608 days.
Roger Weller has not seen his daughter Alyssa in 10,461 days.
Claire Headley has not seen her mother Gen in 5,577 days.
Ramana Dienes-Browning has not seen her mother Jancis in 3,939 days.
Skip Young has not seen his daughters Megan and Alexis in 4,738 days.
Mary Kahn has not seen her son Sammy in 4,582 days.
Lois Reisdorf has not seen her son Craig in 4,197 days.
Phil and Willie Jones have not seen their son Mike and daughter Emily in 4,698 days.
Mary Jane Barry has not seen her daughter Samantha in 4,958 days.
Kate Bornstein has not seen her daughter Jessica in 16,062 days.

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Posted by Tony Ortega on October 21, 2026 at 07:00

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Trump: That’s all you need, ‘to find out that you’ve elected a pervert’

Tony Ortega — Tue, 20 Oct 2026 19:42:35 +0000

Some links to Q-related items today

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No self-reflection
— PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 (@patriottakes) October 20, 2026

Seth is a 2020 election denier so I’d take it with more than a few grains of salt that he was totally trying to be fair with Talarico when it cames to his chances of winning but now it’s totally over and Paxton has it in the bag. https://t.co/mpKY3baRUZ
— Poker and Politics (@PokerPolitics) October 20, 2026

"If Democrats win the midterms the military will step in and arrest them all." Why wait till then? Just arrest them now and make it easy on everyone. https://t.co/wz137OjHhb
— Poker and Politics (@PokerPolitics) October 20, 2026

Ken Paxton Removes Black Conservative Content Creator From Event
The upset MAGA influencer was perplexed that Paxton’s campaign manager wanted her removed.
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Once we have secured Red Los Angeles get ready for Red New York City and Red Boston! https://t.co/mt6Qnq4xG6
— Poker and Politics (@PokerPolitics) October 19, 2026

A Trump supporter outside Mar-a-Lago
holding a “WE LOVE ‘DADDY’ TRUMP” sign https://t.co/DXFeSYAsaf
— PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 (@patriottakes) October 19, 2026

Looking for some background on the QAnon movement? We recommend Travis View’s excellent article at New York magazine as a place to start.

Posted by Tony Ortega on October 1, 2026 at 08:00

Joy Villa tells us what it’s like to watch herself when she was shilling for Scientology

Tony Ortega — Tue, 20 Oct 2026 18:45:14 +0000

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: It was great to hear from Joy Villa, who shared a video from her time shilling for Scientology. And the timing is great, because her experience brings up something we’ve been noticing about the church making a recent play for, of all people, young Christians. [What is this Substack thing, anyway?]

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Technology Cocktail

“During the work of developing the theories and techniques of Dianetics, many techniques were used which later had to be discarded. Some of them, such as the use of hypnotism, were found not to be useful at all, except in highly unusual instances. Instead, as the techniques progressed, some of the earlier experiments had to be run out as engrams and locks and this was the case with all attempts at working with hypnotism. As new data accumulated during the years, new techniques would be built and then discarded.” — L. Ron Hubbard, 1951

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“The whole theory of psychotherapy fell down and went boom the moment we discovered that we were not treating the first dynamic when we were running engrams. Psychotherapy went by the boards. It died. It turned up its heels, and it has now even ceased to give an odor.” — L. Ron Hubbard, October 20, 1954

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“Lack of use of Auditing to handle physical troubles has greatly extended our MO list. The practice of not auditing pcs who did not F/N at Exam and introducing ‘remedies’ has shown us which way not to go. Medicine and drugs reach back into the history of the witchcraft, Satanism, infanticide love potions and handling inter personal relations with arsenic. Born of abominations drugs and medicine continue their career in modern times. The only improvement has been to cut the throat of the patient instead of a sacrificial goat’s. I’m fed up with medicine and the lunatics in the drug business. We should pass a law they must wear the clothing of their trade — conical hats with stars and moons on them and black robes. Our recent stat on MO lines proves it. We are the wave of the future. We should get our feet out of the contaminated past.” — The Commodore, October 20, 1970

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“The invalidation and refusal to declare the Clear state is one of the most evil crimes I can think of. As can be seen, it causes no end of difficulties, no matter how you look at it. In fact, it can, on occasion, even be lethal. Fortunately, we have a good crew out here who know what they are doing with regard to the state, and how to sort it all out. The Tech is even able to handle situations where it’s been abused or incorrectly applied. Pretty nifty!”

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1996: Scientology this week purchased the assets of the Cult Awareness Network at an auction in federal court. The mailing lists and other sensitive files were apparently not sold. “The Cult Awareness Network, Inc.’s service mark and trademark rights, including rights to the use of the CAN stylized logo, were sold as part of a $20,000.00 purchase of CAN assets in the federal bankruptcy court. Steven Hayes, of the law firm of Bowles & Hayes, bought the assets. The purchase becomes final in seven days. Mr. Hayes will control the service mark and trademark rights at that time. It not clear yet whether Mr. Hayes, or others associated with him, could take action against organizations using the words ‘Cult Awareness Network’ in their name without his permission, or merely for the stylized CAN/Cult Awareness Network logo that appeared in the past on CAN’s literature.”

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“Hubbard was like 12 when he was in Asia. The only thing he was studying was jerking off.”

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Full Court Press: What we’re watching at the Underground Bunker

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THE WHOLE TRACK

[ONE year ago] Scientology mega-donor explains why you must attend the big thetan meetup of 2025
[TWO years ago] Scientology gets the jump on the holidays (that it believes are an alien plot)
[THREE years ago] Jane Doe 1 attempts to serve David Miscavige in multiple places: Will court deem it enough?
[FOUR years ago] Scientology concepts were plentiful on 2nd day of testimony in Danny Masterson trial
[FIVE years ago] Crazy fun on Scientology’s private cruise ship in the Caribbean, still tied to the dock
[SIX years ago] What Danny Masterson’s prosecutor revealed about the case in yesterday’s hearing
[SEVEN years ago] Scientologist anti-vaxx group fundraises on the idea its big California loss was a win
[EIGHT years ago] Scientology’s astounding pre-history in a new book you really need to read
[NINE years ago] Scientology’s Flag Building brain injury: In Clearwater, it’s déjà vu all over again
[TEN years ago] Chris Shelton: What Louis Theroux missed about the Scientology experience in his film
[ELEVEN years ago] Two years after Scientology’s ‘Super Power’ debuted, it’s still a flop
[TWELVE years ago] Scientology is turning Larry Hagman’s house into a drunk tank for celebs
[THIRTEEN years ago] Next in the Garcia Fraud Lawsuit: Scientology Is Asked to Explain Its Arbitration System

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Scientology disconnection, a reminder

Bernie Headley (1952-2019) did not see his daughter Stephanie in his final 5,667 days.
Joe Reaiche (1958-2024) did not see his daughter Alanna Masterson in his final 6,999 days.
Mike Rinder (1955-2025) did not see his son Benjamin and daughter Taryn in his final 7,589 days.
Tammy Synovec has not seen her daughter Julia in 3,787 days.
Valerie Haney has not seen her mother Lynne in 4,291 days.
Katrina Reyes has not seen her mother Yelena in 4,797 days
Sylvia Wagner DeWall has not seen her brother Randy in 4,347 days.
Klaus Büchele has not seen his daughter Jasmin in 5,723 days.
Geoff Levin has not seen his son Collin and daughter Savannah in 3,218 days.
Christie Collbran has not seen her mother Liz King in 6,524 days.
Marc Headley has not seen his mother Trudy in 5,173 days.
Clarissa Adams has not seen her parents Walter and Irmin Huber in 4,391 days.
Jamie Sorrentini Lugli has not seen her father Irving in 5,945 days.
Quailynn McDaniel has not seen her brother Sean in 5,286 days.
Dylan Gill has not seen his father Russell in 13,856 days.
Melissa Paris has not seen her father Jean-Francois in 9,773 days.
Valeska Paris has not seen her brother Raphael in 5,940 days.
Mirriam Francis has not seen her brother Ben in 5,526 days.
Claudio and Renata Lugli have not seen their son Flavio in 5,785 days.
Lori Hodgson has not seen her son Jeremy and daughter Jessica in 4,533 days.
Marie Poulin has not seen her mother June in 4,102 days.
Julian Wain has not seen his brother Joseph or mother Susan in 2,413 days.
Charley Updegrove has not seen his son Toby in 3,588 days.
Derek Bloch has not seen his father Darren in 5,270 days.
Cindy Plahuta has not seen her daughter Kara in 5,607 days.
Roger Weller has not seen his daughter Alyssa in 10,460 days.
Claire Headley has not seen her mother Gen in 5,576 days.
Ramana Dienes-Browning has not seen her mother Jancis in 3,938 days.
Skip Young has not seen his daughters Megan and Alexis in 4,737 days.
Mary Kahn has not seen her son Sammy in 4,581 days.
Lois Reisdorf has not seen her son Craig in 4,196 days.
Phil and Willie Jones have not seen their son Mike and daughter Emily in 4,697 days.
Mary Jane Barry has not seen her daughter Samantha in 4,957 days.
Kate Bornstein has not seen her daughter Jessica in 16,061 days.

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Posted by Tony Ortega on October 20, 2026 at 07:00

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Trump envy: Q patriots figure libturds would have gold sinks if they could afford them

Tony Ortega — Mon, 19 Oct 2026 19:49:38 +0000

Some links to Q-related items today

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Lots of empty seats at Trump’s Kentucky rally https://t.co/ZoUhYdzGmi
— PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 (@patriottakes) October 18, 2026

Trump leaving his golf club today after working hard to bring down diesel prices https://t.co/sPRyF30Zlj
— PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 (@patriottakes) October 19, 2026

Lyin’ Ted https://t.co/AM44wGGSRo
— PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 (@patriottakes) October 19, 2026

Q spent the 2018 midterms telling his audience that if the Dems lost their party would be destroyed. Then after Dems won the House Q pivoted and said holding the Senate was all that mattered and he was lying about actually crushing the Dems. https://t.co/tHyiM0X77b
— Poker and Politics (@PokerPolitics) October 19, 2026

Today, Ken Paxton is campaigning with the guy who called kids cum trophies https://t.co/7WG7SK9059
— PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 (@patriottakes) October 18, 2026

One of the golden sinks at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago country club https://t.co/lLlMHSGXnu
— PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 (@patriottakes) October 18, 2026

Much as QAnon believes that all women are men they also believe that all voters are Republicans and Red Los Angeles will be revealed soon. https://t.co/RuTQ6rBGDh
— Poker and Politics (@PokerPolitics) October 19, 2026

People are still getting married where Trump partied with Jeffrey Epstein https://t.co/Rb9BIb936f
— PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 (@patriottakes) October 18, 2026

Looking for some background on the QAnon movement? We recommend Travis View’s excellent article at New York magazine as a place to start.

Posted by Tony Ortega on October 19, 2026 at 08:00

Clearwater on the hot seat: Lawsuit and petition aim to stop city’s gift to Scientology

Tony Ortega — Mon, 19 Oct 2026 19:00:51 +0000

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Clearwater’s council voted to give a key street to Scientology. That’s not only being challenged by a petition from the Florida city’s voters, but also a lawsuit from one of its most notable music venues. ALSO: Alex Barnes-Ross and Dave prepare for the IAS! [What is this Substack thing, anyway?]

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Technology Cocktail

“A reactive mind is, of course, all the memories soldered together. If Mr. Jones thinks of a horse he will connect this horse with other horses, other events, other facts in his mind. If the horse memories are soldered into engrams which are connected with other engrams which have church memories in them, a horse will equal a church for Mr. Jones. If Jones is an average person he will, when not anaten, merely have a vague feeling that somehow horses seem to belong with churches—old country church with horses hitched outside, etc. If he is near-psychotic, or if this chain of engrams is in violent restimulation, there will be a compulsion to think of horses and churches as being equal to each other, and he will resent any implication that this is not true. If poor Jones is psychotic, he might insist on stabling his horse in the church.” — L. Ron Hubbard, 1951

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“The Eighth Dynamic is really infinity stood upright. And it simply means infinity. Now, you can come along and say, ‘Well, you also mean the Supreme Being?’ No, we don’t particularly mean the Supreme Being. How do we know that you aren’t, collectively, the Supreme Being. See? That’s probably much more closer to truth. There are gods around of various kinds. There are some wind gods over in India; there are various savage gods of one kind or another. But if you give them a good quizzing you find out that they’re just a thetan and they behave most remarkably like you would if you hadn’t thought that you ought to lay aside all the power you had, too.” — L. Ron Hubbard, October 19, 1954

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“NOTES FROM HCI: In spite of Sea Watches, Drills and docking the following completed courses yesterday: Al Bornstein, Lookout Specialist; David Ziff, HDG; Dekki Le, SO SS; David Ziff, HSDC; Sharon West, SO SS; Liz Ausley, OOD Specialist. Very Well Done. It’s great to see thetans making things go right.” — The Commodore, October 19, 1970

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“Scientology is a religion that the government has been trying to ban for ages because it creates independent thinkers. Kinda like Joe Rogan’s podcast, it wakes people up to mainstream media lies.”

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1995: Dennis Erlich reports on the latest harassment from the cult. “I was just informed that overnight someone threw acid on my parent’s brand new car which was parked in front of Priscilla and Ed Coates’ house where I am staying as a guest. The paint job on the car (which has less than 3000 miles on it) has been ruined.”

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“A day without Kirstie is like a day without donuts.”

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Full Court Press: What we’re watching at the Underground Bunker

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THE WHOLE TRACK

[ONE year ago] Former Dream Exchanger on Scientology at the startup, and other problems
[TWO years ago] Elvis Presley and Priscilla have previously unknown grandchild in Florida, lawsuit claims
[THREE years ago] ‘Piece of Blue Sky’ author Jon Atack hits a big Scientology anniversary
[FOUR years ago] Here’s the origin of the Scientology phrase Jane Doe 1 used that almost caused a mistrial
[FIVE years ago] Luis Garcia steps in to help Danny Masterson’s accusers: Scientology ‘arbitration’ is corrupt
[SIX years ago] Danny Masterson’s attorneys back in court in rape case today while he’s in Wyoming
[SEVEN years ago] Let’s help Scientology actor Danny Masterson name his new wine venture
[EIGHT years ago] Scientology has to open its books again, and we dig into the numbers
[NINE years ago] Raid in Hungary: Scientology’s Cold War tactics are colliding with 21st Century data privacy
[TEN years ago] Scientology’s biggest lie: That it will teach you to take control of your own life
[ELEVEN years ago] Would you buy a used car from this man? Scientology and refunds — a primer
[TWELVE years ago] Marty Rathbun on being ambushed at LAX by raving Scientologists: ‘It was insane’
[THIRTEEN years ago] SCIENTOLOGY DROPS A BOMB ON MONIQUE RATHBUN’S HARASSMENT LAWSUIT

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Scientology disconnection, a reminder

Bernie Headley (1952-2019) did not see his daughter Stephanie in his final 5,667 days.
Joe Reaiche (1958-2024) did not see his daughter Alanna Masterson in his final 6,999 days.
Mike Rinder (1955-2025) did not see his son Benjamin and daughter Taryn in his final 7,589 days.
Tammy Synovec has not seen her daughter Julia in 3,786 days.
Valerie Haney has not seen her mother Lynne in 4,290 days.
Katrina Reyes has not seen her mother Yelena in 4,796 days
Sylvia Wagner DeWall has not seen her brother Randy in 4,346 days.
Klaus Büchele has not seen his daughter Jasmin in 5,722 days.
Geoff Levin has not seen his son Collin and daughter Savannah in 3,217 days.
Christie Collbran has not seen her mother Liz King in 6,523 days.
Marc Headley has not seen his mother Trudy in 5,172 days.
Clarissa Adams has not seen her parents Walter and Irmin Huber in 4,390 days.
Jamie Sorrentini Lugli has not seen her father Irving in 5,944 days.
Quailynn McDaniel has not seen her brother Sean in 5,285 days.
Dylan Gill has not seen his father Russell in 13,855 days.
Melissa Paris has not seen her father Jean-Francois in 9,772 days.
Valeska Paris has not seen her brother Raphael in 5,939 days.
Mirriam Francis has not seen her brother Ben in 5,525 days.
Claudio and Renata Lugli have not seen their son Flavio in 5,784 days.
Lori Hodgson has not seen her son Jeremy and daughter Jessica in 4,532 days.
Marie Poulin has not seen her mother June in 4,101 days.
Julian Wain has not seen his brother Joseph or mother Susan in 2,412 days.
Charley Updegrove has not seen his son Toby in 3,587 days.
Derek Bloch has not seen his father Darren in 5,269 days.
Cindy Plahuta has not seen her daughter Kara in 5,606 days.
Roger Weller has not seen his daughter Alyssa in 10,459 days.
Claire Headley has not seen her mother Gen in 5,575 days.
Ramana Dienes-Browning has not seen her mother Jancis in 3,937 days.
Skip Young has not seen his daughters Megan and Alexis in 4,736 days.
Mary Kahn has not seen her son Sammy in 4,580 days.
Lois Reisdorf has not seen her son Craig in 4,195 days.
Phil and Willie Jones have not seen their son Mike and daughter Emily in 4,696 days.
Mary Jane Barry has not seen her daughter Samantha in 4,956 days.
Kate Bornstein has not seen her daughter Jessica in 16,060 days.

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Posted by Tony Ortega on October 19, 2026 at 07:00

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